the site originally discovered in the late 1970s, early 1980s by dunn shomette. they named it the turtle shell wreck. because they found a large turnle shell on the site. some of the npeople had seen ths exposed. they put a wind coffer mill around the site and did some excavati excavation. found very significant artifacts. medical supplies, surgical equipment. weapons as well too, such as small arms. also found a large chest, wooden chest with initials on it from a company that had -- from baltimore that had supplied provisions and equipment to the flotilla. they are pretty certain this was, indeed, one of the flotilla vessels and believed it was the "uss scorpion," joshua barney's flagship. particularly because of the medical and surgical supplies, thinking that the surgeon would be on the "scorpion." we came back for a major excavation in commemoration of t the bicentennial. the artifacts recovered from this excavation and earlier excavations are kept at the washington navy yard in the underwater archaeology gallery. >> i'm george schwartz. the site was origina